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JESUS HEALS A WOMAN ON THE JEWISH DAY-OF-RESTVIOLATING JEWISH TRADITIONS, BUT BRINGING JOY TO THE PEOPLE !Luke 13:10-17, Greek Text with Translation13.10 +Hn de. dida,skwn evn mia/| tw/n sunagwgw/n evn toi/j sa,bbasinÅ 13.11 kai. ivdou.gunh. pneu/ma e;cousa avsqenei,aj e;th dekaoktw. kai. h=n sugku,ptousa kai. mh. duname,nhavnaku,yai eivj to. pantele,jÅ 13.12 ivdw.n de. auvth.n o` VIhsou/j prosefw,nhsen kai. ei=pen auvth/|\gu,nai( avpole,lusai th/j avsqenei,aj sou( 13.13 kai. evpe,qhken auvth/| ta.j cei/raj\ kai. paracrh/maavnwrqw,qh kai. evdo,xazen to.n qeo,nÅ13:10 But then he was teaching in one of the gathering-places on the Days-of-Rest. 13:11And look--a woman having a spirit of weakness (for) eighteen years; and she had become bentover, and was not being able to stand erect at all. 13:12 But then the Jesus, having seen her,called to and said to her, "Woman--you have been released from your weakness!" 13:13 And heplaced the hands on her. And immediately she was made erect; and she was glorifying the God.13.14 avpokriqei.j de. o` avrcisuna,gwgoj( avganaktw/n o[ti tw/| sabba,tw| evqera,peusen o`VIhsou/j( e;legen tw/| o;clw| o[ti e]x h`me,rai eivsi.n evn ai-j dei/ evrga,zesqai\ evn auvtai/j ou=nevrco,menoi qerapeu,esqe kai. mh. th/ | h`me,ra| tou/ sabba,touÅ 13.15 avpekri,qh de. auvtw/| o` ku,riojkai. ei=pen\ u`pokritai,( e[kastoj u`mw/n tw/| sabba,tw| ouv lu,ei to.n bou/n auvtou/ h' to.n o;non avpo.th/j fa,tnhj kai. avpagagw.n poti,zeiÈ 13.16 tau,thn de. qugate,ra VAbraa.m ou=san( h]n e;dhsen o`satana/j ivdou. de,ka kai. ovktw. e;th( ouvk e;dei luqh/nai avpo. tou/ desmou/ tou,tou th/ | h`me,ra| tou/sabba,touÈ 13.17 kai. tau/ta le,gontoj auvtou/ kath|scu,nonto pa,ntej oi` avntikei,menoi auvtw/|(kai. pa/j o` o;cloj e;cairen evpi. pa/sin toi/j evndo,xoij toi/j ginome,noij u`pV auvtou/Å13:14 But then the gathering-place ruler, answering--being angry that the Jesus healed onthe Day-of-Rest--was saying to the crowd that "There are six days in which it is necessary to work;on them, therefore, coming, be healed--and not on the Day of the Rest-Day!" 13:15 But then theLord answered him and said, "Play Actors! Each one of you, on the Day-of-Rest does he notloose the ox of his or the donkey from the stall, and having led it away, give it drink? 13:16 Butthen this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Satan bound (for) look--ten and eightyears--was it not necessary (for her) to be loosed from this bond on the Day of the Rest-Day?"13:17 And as he was saying these things, all those withstanding him were being ashamed; andall the crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by him.Luke 13:10-17, Translation with Footnotes 26842684Luke 13:10-17 has no parallel in Mark or in Matthew, and therefore we label thepassage as "L." However, there are two other passages in Luke that are closely related tothis story: 6:6-11 and 14:1-6, both of which have to do with Jesus' controversy with the Jews overobservance of the Day-of-Rest. See also Mark 3:1-6, and the parallels in Matthew.Whether this passage begins an entirely new section in Luke, or is to be seen as theconclusion of the preceding material beginning at 12:1 is unclear. Marshall comments that if this(continued...)1279
2684(...continued)section is taken as the conclusion of what Luke has just related, "The story of the healing of thewoman with the bent back is then presented from two aspects. It is an illustration of thehypocritical attitude of the Jewish leaders which has already been castigated in 11:37-54. At thesame time it exemplifies the saving power of God in delivering his people from the power ofSatan, and thus provides the kind of sign that should have been recognized by the Jews. In suchsigns as this the power of the kingdom is to be seen; even though it may seem tiny and almostunrecognizable, it is the evidence that something tremendous is in progress, as the following pairof parables illustrates. Thus the section closes with a powerful stress on the saving work ofJesus." (P. 556)Nolland holds that "A new major section begins here and runs through 14:35." (2, p. 722)The fact seems to be that the passage is both related to what has preceded, and at the sametime related to the material that follows. The Lucan text can be divided in different ways, anddogmatism concerning these matters is unwise.Fitzmyer comments that "Coming on the heels of the parable of the barren fig tree, theepisode has given rise to considerable discussion as to its place and meaning...A. Loisy preferredthe patristic view that the cured woman symbolized the church and is contrasted with the barrenfig tree, the symbol of the synagogue...[But] there is not the slightest suggestion in the text thatsuch allegory is at work." (2, p. 1010)"The episode depicts Jesus once again making use of his 'power' (recall 4:14, 36; 5:17) toheal an unfortunate human being afflicted with physical evil. This rare miracle-story in the travelaccount tells of his conquest of evil on his journey up to Jerusalem, the city of destiny, where hewill meet evil in another form in his own life [and, we add, not use his miracle-working power tosave his own life!]. He uses that power to heal not only in a synagogue, but even on a Sabbath...The impersonal verb dei/ literally 'it is necessary' (verse 16), alludes to the necessary realizationof God's plan of salvation-history, working itself out in Jesus' ministry...The irony in the episode isseen in that the opposition to Jesus' curing act comes from a 'leader of the synagogue,' whohimself uses the same impersonal verb dei/ (verse 14) to express the human obligation of work(on six other days)."The episode is but another one in the Lucan Gospel in which Jesus is portrayed stressingthat the welfare of a human being takes precedence over even such religious obligations as theobservance of the Sabbath. Recall [the two incidents with regards to the disciples of Jesuspulling off grain, rubbing it in their hands, and eating it on the Day-of-Rest, and then Jesus'healing of man with a withered hand on the Day-of-Rest in] 6:1-11...Coming on the heels of thepreceding episode in the travel account, which dealt with the need of repentance and timelyreform, this episode implicitly singles out the 'leader of the synagogue' (verse 14) and 'all his (=Jesus') opponents' (verse 17) as prime examples of those who stand in need of such reform." (2,p. 1011)Nolland summarizes by stating that "No amount of pious protection of the sanctity of thesabbath can stand in the way of Jesus' release of this crippled woman from her longstanding(continued...)1280
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